Talk:Strength

> RE: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Strength>> The following quote is listed as "unsourced":> Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; andstrength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellowsfor his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the mosthearts by the attraction of his own.>> A possible source is given as Life Thoughts, Gathered from the ExtemporaneousDiscourses of Henry Ward Beecher, Edna Dean Proctor, ed., 1858> as quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for SpiritualHealing edited by Larry Chang, p 676>> See [1]>

That is all the information provided in the email. Rjd0060 (talk) 22:56, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for passing this along; but doesn't OTRS advise people that anyone can edit? It might be very helpful to encourage people to post this sort of information for themselves. ~ Ningauble (talk) 19:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I reviewed the 1858 edition of Life Thoughtsscanned by GoogleBooks, and confirmed that the quoted passage appears on page 52. The punctuation is slightly different from that given by Chang. I added a citation to Life Thoughts in the article. ~ Ningauble (talk) 19:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.